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) E' g; s5 H1 k) C; E; ^But first. It’s decision day in Labrador. The polls opened this morning in the Federal writing of Labrador the seat has been vacant since December when Liberal MP Lawrence O'Brien died of cancer. This past weekend residents were inundated with a host aof high-profile campaign from both the liberals and the conservatives. The seat has become crucial to both parties, key now 0 u! ]( E: m+ Q) b i: p
xxx hold the balance of power in House of Commons. CBC reporter Peter xxx has been following the campaign. It has been 5 hard weeks of the campaign and for the candidates, Labrador is living up to it’s nickname “the big land” .So for the Liberal, the Conservative, the NDP, the Green Party and new independent candidate have been more than a month of hard slogging over the geographically diverse big region from the coast of Labrador through the interior to the western ; _9 a0 D. p6 E$ c7 k
region. On the coast of Labrador there are the Inuit communities, further inland, xxxxx communities, and then in the west the mining xxxx put down on region xxxxxx .The big issue in Labrador of course is the future of the goose bay air base. It’s been a low level flight training xxxx force in recent years. But they are moving out going to other part of the world. So the future of Labrador economic generator is in doubt. Yesterday Prime Minister Paul Martin was on show in Newfoundland committing the Liberal to look out for the future of the air base. The conservative has been … the House of Commons asking questions of the liberals about what the
4 I$ F9 r# Y' z: |' L: ~2 @government will do about the future. That is the big local issue. Since last weekend the vote in the House of Commons that close the votes, the big issue now is just getting the seat. The Conservatives have only won Labrador once in 1968, and they are looking to take it back to take away to lend a strong the advantage. The Liberal gained last week, he crossed the flow house. And once … for the Liberal is that one more seat that may let them hold on to power just that little bit longer. CBC reporter Peter xxx xxxxx.+ S* @5 T/ E5 {% x8 v% n1 I
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2 w1 H& M8 B( a$ N The Queen will address the Alberta legislature today. It’s part of the tour to mark the centennial of Alberta and Saskatoon. Yesterday in Edmonton large section of a lavish celebration that had been planned for the queen were canceled. As xxxxx has reports, heavy rain and strong wind stopped a lot of the performances. Here is a soggy centennial in Alberta’s capital city. Half of a three hour show been held in Edmonton’s open area common wealth stadium has to be canceled. The stage turned into a giant xxxx and most people who have tickets didn’t show up leaving the 45,000 seat stadium less than half full. Some of the performers have been preparing for months + |- s8 b2 c. [/ f o: T1 ]
for this day. Xxxx was one of the dozens told at the last minutes they were not be able to go on the stage. “……. lot of effort and a lot of time to do this. We are looking forward to it so much…….” The part of the show did go on and thousands of royal watchers wouldn’t let the weather keep them away. Xxxx says she xxx buy rain poncho in a dollar store and send
) N3 H9 M9 L+ [2 o: mxx to greet her monarch. “I love the hat, I love the fur, I do, I love the fur hat and….” Despite the storm, the queen kept a smile on her face, sloshing across the soaked stadium field revealing the troops from under her clear ….. umbrella. And tomorrow she will drive to the airport on the new
. i" X$ U' T+ ?0 v) d) h2 j8 q Q+ l- I3 Uroyal road as of this morning Alberta’s busiest highway, the road between Calgary and Edmonton, is now the Queen Elizabeth II highway.xxxxx CBC news Edmonton.% q' E$ X2 Y6 f0 S* D1 ^
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" `0 _ ~" | V& o8 b& I. E Replacing playground equipment in some Toronto schoolyards four years ago cut the number injures children in half. The decision by the public school board to remove playground equipment doesn't the schoolyards upset many parents the time. Some still believe the equipment isn’t the problem. But the result of study by the hospital for six children suggested there are far fewer injuries in playground were upgrading taken place. Jim Karter has the support:% S1 I6 p4 U3 k5 k$ F3 l! @
The study located 86 elementary schools before a ductated equipment were replaced. The new equipment such as worn in this city park was the need safety guideline said by the Canadian Standard Association. Those standards include the high fails in surfaces. Doctor Anjor Haul did studies leading investigator. He says results show injuries were reduced by 49 percents, 550 injuries such as broken bone the swollen elbows were prevented the year after new play equipment was installed.
3 h1 w6 C8 E. T! U& I# k “What we found is that removal and replacement of play ground equipment to make the play ground comply with CSA standards makes a much safer place for children.”
4 |1 E% } c" q9 Z3 ] Mile let man is skeptical of any report suggesting such a dramatic drop injuries, she has four children in started group play, it stands for the playground lobbies for view. Letterman says equipment doesn’t cause injuries. “All injuries almost every single one has due supervision, if child is not supervised, they were get injured, to say that equipment is dangerous is ridiculous because the equipment wasn’t caused injuries, like supervision.” Doctor Haul says after traffic injuries the second most common reason for children ending up in hospital is play grounds accidents. Jim Conse CBC news Toronto.
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% n: A$ Z7 _& D5 G: ]5 O, } A Jewries religion’s book seized by the Nazis during the second war has been returned to the library of the rebenine college of Rome. The book was printed in 17 century and contains the first five books of the Bible as well as the profits. ( R% H: i& t2 Q G) E7 {- f6 D# v
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Mount Everest is about to get a good cleaning. About 100 Chinese volunteers are set out to collect almost 600 tons of abandon tanks, oxygen tanks, boxes, cans and plastic wrappers strun across the mountain. The debris has been left behind over the years by many expeditions. The Tibet mountain association says, the group will work for five days at between 5 and 8 thousand meters. Everest slides on the board between China and Nepal. Nepalese government requires mountaineers to bring down all their gear, but China doesn't have such a rule, so most of the garbage on the Chinese side. Annual clean up are planed though 2008 when Beijing will host the summer Olympic games. |
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